News archive - 2017

Friday, November 10, 2017

The Library remembers

On Saturday November 11, lights in the libraries will flash at 11:00 a.m. as we pause to mark Remembrance Day.

Please join Library staff in observing a minute of silence to remember those Canadians, including many Indigenous people, who have fought and died for our country's peace and freedom.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Fab fun at this year's Library Day!

October is Canadian Library Month, a time when your Library takes the opportunity to celebrate the role we have in teaching, learning and research at University of Waterloo.

Each year in October, University of Waterloo Library hosts its biggest event of the year - Library Day - to show our appreciation for the students, faculty and staff that we serve every day! This year's Library Day is better than ever. A new Fall Fair theme promises a day filled with free food and fun!

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Open Access Week - October 23 to 29

Open Access week logo

This year's theme, "Open in order to..." prompts us to think about the practical benefits of making scholarship openly available, to consider how and why open scholarship should be pursued at all levels of higher education, and to encourage discussion on how to achieve these objectives.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Library goes red for United Way

red streamers at the Library

October is United Way month at the University of Waterloo, and the Library is showing it's colours in support of the local organization.

Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries, along with many other departments on campus, draped themselves in red streamers and balloons on October 3rd, the annual Day of Red. Take this opportunity to learn more about the United Way, and keep your eyes open for fundraising activites happing across campus throughout the month!

Monday, October 2, 2017

Family Ties traveling exhibit

person lookng at exhibit panel

Special Collections & Archives is pleased to host "Family Ties: Ontario Turns 150" a traveling exhibit from the Archives of Ontario. On display in our reading room for the month of October, this five-panel exhibit traces the lives of five family groups in Ontario during the Confederation Era.

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